When police arrived with an animal control officer, they say the 80 pound dogs attacked her.

Officers had to fire 11 rounds to stop the dogs.

"This was a life threatening situation. Those two dogs viciously attacked this animal control officer. The officers needed to use that amount of force to stop that dog. This could have been a deadly situation," San Jose police spokesperson Sgt. Ronnie Lopez said.

The dogs' owners, 27-year-old Lorenzo Garcia and 29-year old Jesus Guzman have been arrested on criminal charges.

Animal control says they had responded to six previous complaints about the dogs.